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The Faculty Senate Ad hoc Web Conferencing Software Review Subcommittee has been formed to: determine the features that faculty and staff require to be in web conferencing software; work with Information Technology Services to evaluate web conferencing software options; and make … Continue reading →

Have you been receiving a “Not Authorized” error when accessing Springboard from MyAkron? If so, you are not alone. This is an intermittent issue we are currently working with Desire2Learn to resolve. For the time being, if you are receiving … Continue reading →

QM is accepting your proposals to receive small grants for action-based research projects. These projects should augment and expand existing literature on QM Rubric impacts, QM-related training and the peer review process as they relate to continuous improvement in online education. QM’s Research … Continue reading →

Temperatures are (finally) starting to rise, which means that Summer is almost upon us! Now would be a perfect time to submit requests for course merges for Summer 2013! To request to have your courses merged, simply send a message … Continue reading →

We believe we have identified and corrected the issue, and it appears that reports of this type have decreased dramatically. At this point, we would advise anyone that had this type of issue to try again. If the issue appears … Continue reading →

In case you weren’t able to attend last week’s Tech Talk Tuesday presentation on Springboard version 10.1, the session was recorded. You can view the recording here: http://coursecast.uakron.edu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer/Default.aspx?id=db9e3fc4-0696-4072-8f1b-7aa2989f7f5f. You can also find a full list of upcoming Tech Talk Tuesday … Continue reading →

Are you seeing links to advertisements or strange websites on Springboard or the Springboard Test server, such as the one shown in the image below? If so, your computer is most likely infected with some sort of malware. More information, … Continue reading →

We have recently discovered an issue with the Bookmarks feature in Content. Instructors have reported that bookmarking certain topics can cause them to lose access to their course Content altogether. We are currently working with Desire2Learn to determine the cause … Continue reading →